NIOS - National Institute of Open Schooling

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NIOS has released the NIOS result 2019 for classes 10th and 12th on December 10. All the candidates must visit the official website to check their NIOS results for October examinations 2019 by using their enrollment number.
The National Institute of Open Schooling abbreviated as NIOS was set up as the National Open School in the year 1989 as an autonomous body by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. It is the largest open schooling system in the world with a cumulative enrollment of 2-81 million candidates in past 5 years. Since 1991, approx. 3.52 million learners have been certified in the Secondary, Sr. Secondary and Vocations education programmes.

The mission of NIOS is to provide education to allow opportunities to the candidates who wish to study further and qualify for a better tomorrow. NIOS has also taken special initiative to impart education to jail inmates by setting up study centres across the country.

• NIOS 10th, 12th result 2019 declared for October examinations, check here

• NIOS Class 10, 12 October examination schedule revised, check details here
• NIOS announces registrations for classes 10th, 12th for October 2019 (Block II)

NIOS works through a network of twenty-two regional centres, two sub-regional centres, two NIOS Cells and more than seven thousand Accredited Institutions (AIs) and Accredited Vocational Institutions (AVIs). These centres are located in various parts of the world namely, India, Nepal and Middle – East.

NIOS Admission

The NIOS admissions to the secondary and senior secondary levels are conducted twice a year. The first cycle (Block-I) usually happens around April/May while the second cycle (Block-II) of admission is during October/November.

Date of admission (Academic Year 2019-20)

The NIOS Board offers a flexible and unique education system to students who want to complete their studies at different levels i.e. secondary, senior secondary or vocational courses. Moreover, students who want to appear in competitive exams can opt for NIOS boards after class 10th to prepare well to crack the competitive exams.

Programmes offered 

The Board offers many programmes:

A. Open Basic Education (OBE)

It provides basic education to the learners and is equivalent to any other regular affiliated formal schools. It is a three-level programme:

(i) OBE 'A' Level Course (equivalent to Class III)

(ii) OBE 'B' Level Course (equivalent to Class V)

(iii) OBE 'C' Level Course (equivalent to Class VIII)

B. Academic Courses

Levels:

(i) Secondary Course (equivalent to Class X)

(ii) Senior Secondary Course (equivalent to Class XII)

C. Vocational Education Courses

The vocational courses offered by NIOS teach students about target skills in various fields such as Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Business, Accounts and Commerce, IT and Technology, Engineering and Architecture, Health and Paramedical Science, Home Science, Hospitality Management, Teacher Training, among others.

D. Life Enrichment Programmes

Women empowerment (Paripurana Mahila), Yoga and meditation and Indian music, etc are some of the life-enrichment programmes offered by NIOS.

NIOS Date Sheet 2019 Class X and XII

NIOS has released the exam schedule for Classes 10th and 12th for the October 2019 examinations. The examinations commenced from October 3 for Class 12th, whereas Class 10th begun with its examinations from October 4, 2019. The NIOS practical exams for both the classes began from September 16, 2019, 16 days prior to the board exams. Check out the complete schedule for NIOS class 10th and 12th exams (Block II) below.
NIOS Class 10th Date Sheet October 2019
NIOS Class 12th Date Sheet October 2019

NIOS Syllabus

NIOS Syllabus for 10th

Students must go through the NIOS Syllabus carefully. Students can download the syllabus with the links provided below

NIOS Syllabus for 12th

NIOS Sample papers

NIOS provides sample papers/previous years' question papers for the students to be able to get an insight into the type of questions asked. Students should take the help of these question papers and practise them while preparing for the exams. Below we have provided the PDFs for NIOS class 10 sample paper as well as NIOS class 12 sample paper.

NIOS Class 12 sample paper

NIOS Class 10 sample paper

NIOS Admit Card

NIOS has released the NIOS admit cards for classes 10th and 12th for Block I admissions. The students can access their NIOS admit card 2019 through NIOS login by entering the enrollment number which was generated at the time of admission. 

NIOS Preparation

Preparation tips for NIOS Class 10th, 12th exams:

1. Make a time table/ schedule

Students must chalk out a time table/ schedule that should have all the important topics on priority so that the main things are covered well in time.

2. Analyse the syllabus

Students should go through the NIOS Syllabus and analyse it thoroughly. Marking scheme, pattern should also be taken care of while preparing for NIOS exams.

3. Solve previous years’ papers

Solving a bunch of question papers before giving the actual exam helps a student in managing the time as well as the students get an idea of the questions that are expected in the NIOS exam.

 4. Make notes

Making notes should be one of the most important parts of the study schedule. Notes help in learning quickly and also come handy at the time of revision and all the last-minute preparations.

NIOS Result

NIOS has released the results for October examinations 2019 on its official website on December 10, 2019.

NIOS Class 10 result

NIOS Class 12 result

NIOS Class 12 result
The Class 12 NIOS result 2019has been declared by NIOS on its official website. All the students will be able to check their NIOS class 12 result by entering their enrollment number. The students will also be able to use SMS service to check NIOS 12th result 2019. NIOS Class 12th result will have the student's personal details along with the marks obtained in the subjects. The NIOS 12th exams are scheduled from October 3 to November 1, 2019.
NIOS Class 10 result

The Class 10 NIOS exams were scheduled from October 4 to November 1, 2019. The NIOS class 10th result has been declared on the official website of NIOS. Candidates will be able to check their NIOS result by using their enrolment number.

NIOS ODE (On-Demand Examination)

The National Institute of Open Schooling also launched a concept of On-Demand Examinations wherein the candidates can take the examination when they are prepared for it. There will not be any set time or schedule for the candidates to take the exam.

The concept was first introduced in the year 2003 at the secondary level and proved to be a great step in the direction of flexibility and distance learning. It made the total system of examination, independent of the time frame further helping the students to perform better as they can take the examination as per their wish.

Witnessing success at the secondary level, the concept was re-introduced in the year 2007 in Sr. Secondary level. Currently, ODE is being conducted at NIOS Headquarters – Noida and at its regional centres in the following Secondary and Sr. Secondary levels.

Take a look below at the summarized schedule for NIOS ODE

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